Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus share common modes of transmission . by blood and blood products mainly and also noticed in drug addicts. Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus have been recognized as a major pathogen causing significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world including India. The most important markers for HBV and HCV infection are HBsAg and Anti HCV antibodies respectively. Detection of infection markers for these agents is a major challenge in a resource poor proper diagnosis of infection as well as disease management and prevention, identification of appropriate test kit is necessary. The aims of this study were to compare Rapid tests with ELISA for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C virus infection. The ultimate goal of this study was to recommend most reliable and cost-effective rapid card test for the diagnosis of HBV and HCV in areas where advance diagnostic facilities are not available. The present study was conducted in the clinical microbiology laboratory of Govt, Medical College, Dungarpur from period of 1st March, 2019 to 15th May2019 to comparative evaluate the detection of HBsAg and Anti HCV antibodies by rapid diagnostic tests and ELISA method. In our study, total no. of 1756samples were tested for HBsAg and 188 samples for HCV by ELISA method (gold standard) as a confirmatory methodand samples found reactive were again tested by rapid test kits. | A comparative evaluation for detection of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti HCV antibodies by rapid diagnostic tests and ELISA Method at Govt. Medical College, Dungarpur, India
